People
Clay W. Reesman
Clay Wolf Reesman Jr. (c. 1884–1949) served as Camden City Commissioner (1927–1935) and Camden City Clerk (1936–1949), and chaired the Camden County Republican Committee.
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Winfield S. Price
People
Thomas Yorke Smith
Thomas. Yorke Smith, more commonly known as T. Yorke Smith, born around 1873 in New Jersey, entered matrimony with Harriet A. Smith at the age of 21.
People
Charles S. Boyer
Charles Shimer Boyer, born in Pennsylvania in 1869 to Benjamin Franklin Boyer and Alabama Shimer Boyer, is most notably recognized as the inaugural President of the Camden County Historical Society.
People
John A. Mather Jr.
General John Atkinson Mather Jr. was born on July 17, 1865, in Gloucester City, NJ , to John and Luisa Wallace Dawson Mather.
People
Winfield S. Price
Winfield Scott Price enlisted in the New Jersey National Guard in 1892, starting as a private and eventually retiring as a Major General in June 1939.
People
George W. Johnson
George W. Johnson, a native of New Jersey, came into the world in the year 1872. According to the 1890-1891 Camden City Directory, he was employed as a carpenter and resided at 571 Clinton Street during that period.
Schools
Octavius V. Catto Elementary School
The Octavius V. Catto Elementary School at 2930 Saunders Street in East Camden, built in 1929 by architect Arnold Moses, originally served the Black community.
People
Arthur L. Stone
Dr. Arthur L. Stone held the position of City Health Director in Camden from 1923 until his passing in 1945.
People
Roy R. Stewart
Roy R. Stewart was born in Quakake, PA, a small mining town, in 1887. During his youth, he worked as a breaker boy in the mines.
People
Charles B. Helm
Doctor Charles Blaine Helm was born in Camden in 1884. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1906.
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Camden Kiwanis Club Alert
The Camden Kiwanis Club is a Civic organization with activities centering about certain objectives, some of which are the underprivileged children, the promotion of an intelligent citizenship, the practice of the Golden Rule in business, the fostering of better relations between the employer and the employee, and between the farmer and the city resident.
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Meeting the Good Roads Demand Created by Automobiles
South Jersey is noted for its Smoothly Paved Highways and Paving Firm has Supplied Fine Example of Cooperation Automobiles brought about the modern highways of today and no section of the country has responded to the demand for good roads more completely than has South Jersey.
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A Brief History of the City of Camden
Incorporated in 1828, the progress and possibilities of Camden have far exceeded the expectations of the Founders and Incorporators. The year 1928 witnessed the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Camden as a city.
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Grow With Us
By Mayor Winfield S. Price , Director of Public Affairs A CITY grows only as it is made to grow. Camden this year marked the centennial anniversary of its incorporation as a city. One hundred years ago our population was 1143.
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Economy In Keeping With Progressive Growth
By Commissioner T. Yorke Smith , Director of Revenue and Finance A municipal financial structure must be guided with diligence and efficiency, and guarded against extravagance and unreasonable expenditure.
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That Sense of Security
By Commissioner David S. Rhone , Director Of Public Safety In one of his first public statements after taking office, President Coolidge gave utterance to the following "A city may be judged by its citizens.
Businesses
Camden Industries
A directory of Camden's industries and manufacturers by trade, from abattoirs to yeast makers, totaling 349 industries and 39,362 employees.
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Can't Go Wrong on Camden
By Commissioner William D. Sayrs, Jr. , Director Of Public Works Streets and domestic water supply and sewage systems. Three basic elements in the existence of a modern city.
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Making Health with Parks
By Commissioner Clay W. Reesman , Director of Parks and Public Property CAMDEN has passed the stage where the promotion of park spaces and play grounds is listed as a luxury.
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CAMDEN'S "WE"
A city needs two things location and men." "Camden has both." Arthur Brisbane, noted publicist had this to say about Camden after he had studied the city and its potentialities.
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A Stranger Arrives
Appearance of tall, lean man with flowing whiskers created no inkling of Walt Whitman's identity . Along in the springtime of 1873 there appeared in the streets of Camden a strange, tall, limping man, clad in a somber grey.
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INDUSTRIES QUICK TO APPRECIATE CAMDEN'S DESIRABILITIES
City's Workshops turn out everything from pen points to the Superdreadnaught Battleships A seer once stated that Camden allegedly was a city of possibilities. And then industries started to crop up within the boundaries of the City.
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CAMDEN'S RETAIL STORES HURDLED OBSTACLES TO GAIN FIRST RANK
Proximity of City to Philadelphia was Handicap until Merchants Brought Shops to High Modern Standard. In no branch of business activity has the past ten years of growth and progress been more pronounced than in the Camden retail merchandising field.
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Real Estate Safeguard to Purchasers Board Proves Property Here
The Camden County Real Estate Board is an organization composed or Realtors operating in and around Camden County. Organized March 8, 1916, it was incorporated May 10, 1916, with eight charter members.
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Camden's Chamber of Commerce
The Camden Chamber of Commerce is the clearing house of civic activities. The offices are in the Hotel Walt Whitman Annex on Cooper Street near Broadway . It is supported by the business, professional and civic interests of Camden.
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DELAWARE RIVER SPAN CARRIES NINE MILLION AUTOS IN YEAR
World's Longest Suspension Span Linking Camden and Philadelphia Handles Twenty-five Thousand Machines Daily.
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Camden's Retailing Problem
The "Buy in Camden" campaign was aimed at keeping in Camden, the great flow of business which goes "shopping.
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LEAP YEAR POPULATION SHOWS MORE MALES THAN FEMALES
Estimated Number of Residents is 140,000, an Increase Rate of Twenty Per Cent Over 1920 Figures. INTERESTING and important features are disclosed in an analysis of population for the City of Camden.
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ALL BRAKES WORKING
The cost of administering City Government in Camden is lower per capita than in any city its size in New Jersey.The manner in which the low per capita figure is continued year after year is another evidence of consistent economy.Yes!
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Victor Talking Machine History is Real Business Romance
Company's Growth from Tiny Shop in 1898 to Mammoth Plant Employing Thousands, has Placed Camden in Front Rank as Industrial City. No CITY in the United States is better known for its manufactured products than Camden.
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BROWN-BOVERI TURNS OUT SHIPS FOR PEACE AND WAR TIMES
Electrical Equipment for Mightiest Power Plants Combined with Ship Construction at Big Camden Industrial Plant. Camden for many years has been a center for the building of ships.
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Product Industry in Camden
A list of the wide range of goods manufactured in Camden, from air washers and asbestos coverings to wire staples and wood-turning machinery.
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The Port Commission
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The South Jersey Port Commission was created by the New Jersey Legislature in 1926 for the purpose of promoting the interests of the Delaware River front in South Jersey.
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Port Possibilities of Camden Presented to Congress
[ EDITOR'S NOTE: The City of Camden and the South Jersey Port Commission, early in 1928, presented to the House Committee on Naval Affairs a brief setting forth reasons why the Camden channel of the Delaware should he widened.
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THE WORLD WRITES WITH OUR PENS AND WALKS IN OUR LEATHER
Camden is Center for Manufacture of Steel Pen points and Glazed Shoe-upper Materials Camden has almost 400 industrial establishments. This total in itself is substantial testimony to the desirability of the city as a location.
Streets
Admiral Wilson Boulevard
Admiral Wilson Boulevard (US Route 30) runs from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to Airport Circle, named after World War I naval hero Admiral Henry Braid Wilson Jr. of Camden — originally designated as Bridge Boulevard when it opened.
People
Victor King
Victor King, born in Pennsylvania in 1874, established his residence in Camden after 1911, where he purchased a home at 3197 Federal Street and ventured into business.
News Articles
Boulevard was named for Decorated World War I admiral
Camden Courier-Post - September 6, 1999 By LAURIE STUART Courier-Post Admiral Wilson. Motorists who have driven through Camden instantly recognize the name, but most don't know who he is. Henry Braid Wilson was born in Camden in 1861.
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400 Friends Pay Homage to 'Good Gray Poet'
Camden Courier-Post - June 1, 1933 Men and Women From Many Sections Visit Walt Whitman's Tomb and Old Mickle Street Home on His 114th Anniversary.
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Sincerity of G.O.P Flayed By French
Former Bridge Official in Speech Asks Baird Seven Questions Directing questions at David Baird , Republican candidate for governor, Samuel T. French , former president of the New Jersey Bridge and Tunnel Commission, last night attacked the sincerity of Baird's campaign speeches.
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Lewis H. Stehr, Chief of Police, Dies Suddenly
Head of Camden Force Succumbs to Heart Disease in Cooper Hospital City Flags Ordered At Half-Staff for Month Body to Lie in State Friday Night; Final Rites at 2 P.M. Saturday Funeral rites for Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr , who died suddenly at 11.30 a.m. yesterday in Cooper Hospital , will be conducted at 2 pm on Saturday.
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P. O. S. A. Will Present Flag to Junior High
Camden Courier-Post - February 10, 1930 A parade is being planned by the Patriotic Order of Sons of America for Washington's Birthday, when a flag will be presented to the new Woodrow Wilson Junior High School by Camp No. 25.
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John Carroll Honored by Fifth Ward Club
The Fifth Ward Republican Club honored county committeeman John H. Carroll on his recovery from Cooper Hospital, with speeches from Mayor Winfield S. Price and other city officials.
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13th Ward G.O.P. Club Pays Tribute to Rhone
Camden Courier-Post - January 18, 1928 A meeting which was described today as "a gathering in honor of David S. Rhone , director of public safety," was held last night at the Thirteenth Ward Republican Club , Haddon Avenue and Mechanic Street .
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Kausel Is Given $4000 Job Over Hot Protest by Rebel in G.O.P.
Not Fitted for Job and 20 of You Admitted it Declares Van Meter Collingswood Man's Insurgency Punished Vocational School Incident is Recalled as Democrats Join in Battle Joseph H. Van Meter, insurgent Republican freeholder from Collingswood, today declared that David Baird Jr. , Republican leader, had admitted that Theodore Kausel was not the man for the job to which he was appointed by the Board of Freeholders yesterday.